Pratical House

Pratical House
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Pratical House

Estúdio Zargos

ARCHITECTS
Estúdio Zargos

AREA
610 m²

YEAR
2019

INSTALLATIONS
Encad Projetos

LIGHTING DESIGN
Iluminar

CONSTRUCTION
Laso Engenharia

CATEGORY
Houses

PHOTOGRAPHS
Jomar Bragança

PRODUCTION
Studio Tertúlia

MODEL
Stephanie Cabral

ARCHITECTURE
Zargos Rodrigues, Frederico Rodrigues, Rodrigo Pereira, Ika Okamoto E Daniele Castro

LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Rodrigo Pereira

LOCATION
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

STRUCTURE
Estcon Projetos De Engenharia

Pratical House
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Concise, cohesive, and coherent: these are the adjectives that synthesize the essence of Casa Prática.

At the end of a dead-end street, surrounded by mountains and a green area, the building, located in Belo Horizonte, has a simplifying dynamic, both in terms of materiality and use.

Pratical House
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Pratical House
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Starting from an existing terrain, the project's key challenge was to elaborate the insertion of a new house that could dialogue with the logic already established by the cuts, props, and plateaus designed to receive another project. Thus, the house was organized on two floors, as follows:

The first floor inserted a little above the average elevation of the surrounding buildings contains the access, with stairs, a ramp and hall, and a large patio that fulfills the role of parking and multipurpose space, surrounded by expressive landscaping;

Pratical House
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Pratical House
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On the second floor, most of the environments and fundamental activities of the house are located, and organized in a very integrated way, including with the landscape of the region, surrounded by an aura of harmony between nature and urban.

Therefore, in addition to the proposed landscaping and the surrounding nature, it has been conceived as a space that articulates itself as a large balcony, suggesting the user a synesthesia between being and space.

Pratical House
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Pratical House
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Its position high up in a valley provides unique views of the city. The use of materials in their pure forms provides a simple, living, and powerful architecture.

This simultaneous dialog between urban and nature builds a dualistic atmosphere, in which the landscape is the protagonist.

Pratical House
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Pratical House
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From this point of view, it`s possible to enjoy the tranquility of the bedroom embraced by the greenery while listening to the wind touching the leaf sound, as well as open up yourself to the street through the balcony, glimpsing the city lights on the horizon.


Pratical House
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Pratical House
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Pratical House
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Pratical House
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Pratical House
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Pratical House
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Pratical House
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Pratical House
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Pratical House
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Pratical House
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Pratical House
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Pratical House
© Jomar Bragança
Pratical House
© Jomar Bragança
Pratical House
© Jomar Bragança
Pratical House
© Jomar Bragança


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Plan - First floor
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Plan - Second floor
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Site plan
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Section A
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Section B
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Facade